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The Auctioneer
Tony Parkes, caller.
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Six Pass Thru
Tony Parkes, caller. The tune is Woodchopper's Reel. Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
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The Rout
Tony Parkes, caller. This clip includes a walkthrough. The basic figures of the dance (ladies chain across the set and along a line, or a right and left through) goes back to quadrilles of the 19th century, but the opening figure to form the lines of four seems to be more recent. The tune is Glise de Sherbrooke. Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011.
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New England Squares 6b - Darling Nellie Grey
This clip shows two versions of the dance, the traditional version called by Ralph Page as his usual ending dance and a variation by Maine caller Rod Linnell called "Atomic Nellie Grey." A separate video in this series shows the walkthrough.
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New England Squares 6a - Darling Nellie Grey walkthrough
Ralph Page's usual ending dance was Darling Nellie Grey; here, Tony Parkes teaches that traditional dance as well as a variation by Rod Linnell called "Atomic Nellie Grey;" Tony commented, "Back when 'atomic' was a good thing." This is the walkthrough; see separate video for samples of theactual dance.
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New England Squares 5 - Merry Mix-up
Dance by Ted Sannella, published in "Swing the Next" The tune is Come Up the Back Stairs.
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New England Squares 4 - Parisian Star
Tony Parkes took a figure from "The Parisian Varieties," a five-figure quadrille from about 1870. The original shifted between march time and waltz time; Tony took out the waltz, "to make it more accessible, so any caller could use it with any band."
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New England Squares 3b - Deer Park Lancers
A separate video in this series shows the walkthrough of this dance. The tune is Reel de Montreal.
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New England Squares 2 - Kitchen Lancers
This is an adaptation of the 5th figure of the Lancers. The tune played is a combination of Liberty Two-Step and Quadrille Ste-Catherine. This dance was taught by Tony Parkes as part of his workshop session on New England Square Dances, recorded November 19, 2011, at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. Co-sponsored by the Country...
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New England Squares 1 - Crooked Stovepipe
Traditional, often associated with the calling of Ralph Page. It seems that many New England callers learned this dance as one of their first. The tune comes from French Canada. This dance was taught by Tony Parkes as part of his workshop session on New England Square Dances, recorded November 19, 2011, at the Dare To Be Square Weekend, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. Co-sponsored by the...
